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Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1862-05-27

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.is - I '''".' 'V .1'. .M-lkir-i I 1 I J I j tt ? K C - - , ; ; y;. ,- 1 j fy -,, f ,, -- , t ;,, , ; Lii y it tli 1 0 ft EPEB " it " HUM Of ta 7r. :-;i-i;:.-;.:t:.'.--v:vj. Si- ' R -r:i A UTTLE DEHOCILATIC FSZACnZHO. We kV been permiUed to mVe the follow-iog extracts from letter Written bj Joskfh Axuirr, sq former! of this county, - but . toow residing at Bock Grore City Iowa, to bis fKend J)r.. Shaw, of Ankenytown. Squire KXSY preaching Will no doubt be highly gratifying to , his nuraeroaa,. friends in Old -Utiox: -' -; :'" ' ; ' -'''' '."'."'-' XtAtui iTm x Cry mload and ipara not. Lift np thy role Uk a trompet, and hw my People their naigrMtkMU'aad the hoM of Abraham fLineoln thlr xiaa. - "When th wleked role the people mora." . On the above text of scripture I wish to say - A few . words,':; If y text Bays 'cry aloud and epare-DOW ' I beliere it to be the duty or er- ery 'Ameriean citixcn to raise his voice in defence of our "once glorious Union, cemented by the blood of oiir Revolutionary fathers; The . Constitution of the United States should be our .guiding, star.' : How? has the present party in power ad ininietered jour government for the last year f.One yearibf Republican Jlule civil war 'and bankrupt Teaflury--our Union destroyed. Xever since this government . has been "Ajnned, have we had a,' mora corrupt, theiving set of scoundrels and demagogues than the present party in power. By their own investigation, Van Wyck, a charnnan, it .is shown- that"i4hal.jgpvejrnmenti has been swindled to the amount of Fifty .Millions of "Dollars, and yet you see this neet of theives allowed to run at large, and Congress takes .no nffSsures to- bring them to justice. I say it boldly, without Jearor favor, that Abolitionists Republicans, Preachers of the (iwspel and corrupt politicians, have brought this war up- on our country ; and I would hail it as the " dawning of day when every .Northern abolitionist and everyjeader of Secesh in the South rere hung as high as HamanV .,. " My text says "show the house of Abraham " their sins." The Cabinet and every Congress-- men took an oath before high heaven, that they wonld - support the Constitution of the ' United 8utes, and yet with this oath warm on their polluted and. perjured lips, they are try-. ing their best to pervert the Constitution nd take away all the rights of the Southern States, and throw' them back under territorial organization. But thank God they have been defeated in that darling scheme. The next thing is to free the negroes in the District of Columbia. Lincoln's last Message to .Congress . don't suit the Abolitionists in this region. It don't smell strong enough of nigger.. He acknowledges that the general government don't claim "eh e right to interfere with State rights. lam beginning to have some little hopes of our Union being saved. Iowa ; has elected 3 Senators in the State Legislature, to fill vacan cies t all conservative Democrats; to take the place of -Black Republicans. The elections in New York look cheering. Iowa will elect a -Democratic Congress next fall. I will stake my life on that. Black Republican misrule is about at an end out here. : V - I am in favor of this war being speedily prosecuted, to, put down rebellion, and restore to all the States their rights, under iheConstitution- and am opposed to all . schemes of Emancipation by the General Government. The moment the North tries to abolish State Rights we become rebels against bur Government, as well aa the South. .. I believe it to be the duty of every lover of constitutional Liberty to lend their- aid to crush out rebellion and treason, both North and South. ' I honestly look upon an avowed Abolitionist as a worse enemy to the Constitution . than the rebel who takes up arms' to defend , what he thinks is his just rights. I hope by this time the people hay got their eyes open, and become satisfied that our government can only . be . sustained and perpetuated on Democratic principles. Every'.time since I rcan remember, when the .opposition have come into power, they . have either turned Democrats, or have been obliged to administer the government on Democratic principles? 'Such was- the case under General '' Harrison and Job n: Tyler's administration ; and also .Millard Fillmore,1 who sanctioned ..the Compromise .measures of, 1850.' Soch I hope will be the case with. 'Old Abe'sadminis-'txatknu-.V j , If the Black Abolition '- theives in Congress do not over-j wTxelsiT Ihe' President and the' conservative 1 - jnen of the North, and South, by the passage of i6meof their iniernal Jlmahdpat bills,'ouT - "eountry may y et SV caved, and the glorioaa Star and tripea Coat .' over "a restored Union; Doe. You must excuse me for po much preach- -iimp I ean't help it fat from, the'aboda'nice of -jthe heart the taouth speaketh. Ciiva ; my ngl pecti ' to'.'.:every good old ' Democrat in Berlin, rho. ta not aactured whh jMili&mUm? :; Yon nt in Lail M : JQ3.; ANKENYj. ;1 .Hon : ti5''' . .? issxj ?.-.si-.f ax'-.--i -: ' Tf tm 'm AnM f mo. 4ik..A. 'ItiiL J h xpenaes of tle Govenuaent are so enormous- n-Jy.Jtmy:-'Ths.XlI.Qwn;yfhich ,l;o'rk,'2pi-Cr6,3ve some Jijht bpba it. i j ' , 4 - V?. Tlit'arry r s'.ret -ire "tuna ititii ETji" ijtvvu in. ,1 ere, fi 11 tua-c:m ' C ir.Ua itrjJan 1. will l.a r jy ft' : t.T. i .2 -T 3 Wi'.l 1. IMA l. "3. c,-. - -r . -: I. r ;;rc:.ri..r:;c-cf.'trci'y ca to kt.)' t3 Wl cL.i tokaac'iiaJ starvation, FetiUona are vjbeinsvcir- eulated in Maryland' for a repeal' of the lite obnoxious law, and it "would be well worth w nue to make: alavery again an institution here,'7 although the newly created freemen may not again become bondmen by its pera- uong, iuu DT uavery again Becoming an institution, it will prevent the great exodus of ne groes from Maryland and Virginia ' Here, and prove essentially ' beneficial to both States as well as the District itself.. "'; . .t Tke Hegro AH ia JUL; " The Washington correspondent of the Chi cago Taar writes as follows: i . . Such a charcoal Sanhedrim' as the Repub lican side of the House of Representatives can not be found elsewhere, except in the leg islative councils of Labena and Hayu. Negrophobia has seized the entire party of the Administration; they " nave merer on . the brain, nigger in the bowels' tolgge? in the eyes, meeer, niirfrer, everr-wnere. nteam power is surpassed; calorio engines obsoleted; water power, Jaw power, uonstitution power, and all the powers, physical, moral, and political, have found their superior in the neat negro power that moves the huge, unwieldy, reeking and stewing mass of rottenness which makes up this Administration and its party. w nite soldiers, sick, and wounded, - wives and children of those soldiers, white men any and every-w here, may suffer arony des pair, famine, any thing, and no humanitarian doctrines are preached for them by these nigger charmed' saints of Republicanism k governmental dlsbnrsemenU for their support. But for twenty-flve thousand fat, shiny, greasy, fragrant niggers, the Government is giving a perennial, entertainment. This number of sable aristocrats, without labor, without care, without the asking, even, are fed, clothed and housed by the' Administration of Abraham Lincoln at Hilton Head alone. There are at least thirty thousand more negroes supported by the Government in the same way at Fortress' Monroe,!. Washington, and throughout the army of the West. The Constitutional Government of the United States is keeping a grand national " nigger dance house," at a cost of $50,000 per day. And every grain of wheat, every kernel of corn, every potato raised in the great North-west must be taxed to help pay for this philo-niggerous experiment of the Abolitionists of New. England. . ; . OMo'i Bravery Vindicated. The Chicago Tribune, having spoken of the charges of cowardice which have been made against certain Ohio regiments at the battle of, Pittsburg Landing, "and of the subsequent explanation of the circumstances, pays the fol- wjng tribute to Ohio bravery : So much -for the- cowardice of Ohio 'regi men is at i-ittsourg. wo troops fought -more determinedly than they despite all circum . . . ... , - . . stances and the truth or history is their am- pia Ttuuivsuvn.. Aavj wre . uuionunate) in their commanders unfortunate ( as raw troops) in their exposed position ; but the record Ohio has made on every , field, and that which hersons will yet make will sufTier none bcomparison or comment. -The :Buckeye boya are sound to the heart's coj They are not cowards." ' T. ' ' "-- ; ', " , 1 1 is understood that . Colonel Apnler .. and Colonel Mason will be relieved of their cora-mands as they should be if the above repojja are true, of them. ' We expect to hear of some tlorious deeds done. by. these regiments yet be-re the war is' ended.. T' :V 't-r'J The Caniero& :Befiim in; tlie 'War 2)e- : ' paxtmenf. -' " - The Philadelphia Inquirer, a Republican paper says : . : j? .; "".. "v. ''-'C ' : ' ' : "A startling exposition of the mismanagement of the. War Department under the Ex-Secretary Cameron and Ass't Sec'y. Scott, is furthered by Executive Document, 67, printed lately by the House of Representatives. It appears by this, that these two functionaries were busily engaged' during last summer and fall making contracts for muskets and other small arms, until the aggregate oftheir-operations summed up 1,976,240 muskets, rifles and carbines, 72,440 pistols, and 142,500 swords ; for which they obliged the , Treasury to pay the trifling amount of $46,154,665. The arms were to be delivered, . according to the convenience. of the contractors, at almost any time along the next two years,- the delivery of hundreds of thousands of them, being accomodatingly disposed over periods - extend ing from July, 1862, to December, 1862. . M While the public will be astounded at the vast magnitude and, wild improvidence of these operations, there are other attending circumstances that will leave them hardly leas amazed. Whether we consider the exorbitant prices agreed upon, or the apparent privity with the bidders, or the censurable favoritism to defaulting and bogus contractors, or the miserable inferiority of the arms thua procured, or the character of the contractors (who were in Urge part neither manufacturers of any kind nor dealers in arms,) or the impolicy" of the Department bringing la to the field soman) bidders to complete with itself in the markets of Europe all show a reckless spstem of ; extravagance and jobbing, and i a want of foresight and administrative ability, shocking to the instincts of every, loyal citizen and well trained business man. Every part of the book is filled with cases illustrating the justness of these remarks." . . . s . . Latest from Qnr Army before Richmond. ; ; Tcsrsf alis Station, yiu,4 May 20..; The advance; under Gen. Stoneman, 'reach ed. Canal Harbor, on theroad running to Rich mond by; way or .New indge, yesterday, where he found the enemy to be' in fon; He drove their, pickets in to withm two m3ee. of their main, oodj, and encamped for the .night. Evf erythiog indicates that the rebels intend to de- iena ,mcjaraoDu wild. ji tue avaiiaoie - lorce they cap brjog 3forw.anC.Vj Congreannea.-and Representatives from everr' Southern 8tatears there, encouraging; theit troops, by their presence and eoonseU to a determined resiatence to the advance of the fjniott troot ops. v Richmond papers of the 16tb hai have been , re ceived. The v contain a' corresDondence.be- tween the y irgmU;Legialature .and'Jeff- Da- "?-, won to ute.reeent movementsoi tae rebel army.' 'He stated that he had never eni ertained tbe'thnacht nt WUhilMwma tTia rni '.'.W and abandoning, the 6tate. tnat fan, the necessity of which he did not see or an-tnapate,4hat would.be noreason for withdraw ing win mimjirom the EtatefiThe war could vtTTZZ rned oa and .maintained on . iripw sou ior twenty t u- The rebel Genera, Johi . "X'M" aou or twenty tears. B; Floyd, has been egiem v it. Tte: 'enaement -Tbwr-Iay-t Drury'e fccaw ;Ii;cZvad,-; between i-, seven miles cur; ! t encny's' battel lea n ;' ..i?cr,':w--c.j -rrts,t'-tsnie -ttabn-' the pecIa Cf IJc:ioaw'-They kndwlef je the lose of six killl dcnouadedci j ojur ucuwiu i me Vir'-inisf-fcea with' authority to'rais a force of Lj.CCO men' . . . . . . . mm - ' iY'l , ?. i . WasHueToir, May 19. Jfv Ms fraidenl t-fth United COateM i A PROCLAMATION, r Whkkkas. There aDoears in the Dublic ronnts what purports to be a proclation of Major- uenerai xtunier; ana wnereas, me same is pro- tracing some uciiemeni ana misuDaerBianaiiig therefore-1, 'Abraham LincolnPresidentof the United States, proclaim and declare that the Government of theUnited States had no knowl edge or belief of an intention on ' the part of n T-r . . . . , , . : . . jten. nuDierw issue bucu a prociamauon, or has it yet any authentic information that the document ia genuine; and further, that neither Gen. Hunter or any other commander or person has been authorized" by the Government of the United States to make proclamation decla ring the slaves of any (State tree; and that the supposed proclamation now in question, whether genuine or false, is altogether void so far as respects such declaration. ; ' I furthermore make known that whether, it be competent for me as commander-in-Chief of the army and navy to declare the slaves of any State or States free, and whether at any time, or in any case it shall have become a necessity indispensable to the maintenance of the Government to exercise such supposed power, are Questions which, under Tnv resDonsibilitr Ire- serve to myself, and which. 1 cannot feel justi fied in leaving to the decision Of commanders in the field. These are totally different questions from those of police regulations in armies and camps. , . '. r ... , . On the 4th day of March last,"b'y a special message I recommended to Congress the adop- wvn ui s juiai resolution to ue euuetanoauy as follows:' : . .. rr . .. .. . JUtohed. That the United States ought to co-operate with any State wh ich may adopt a gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such States, in its discretion, compensation, for, the inconveniences, public and private,,-produced by such changes of system.' i ' ' "' The resolution in the language above quoted, was adopted by , a large majority in .both orancnes oi congress ana now. stands an authentic, definite and solemn proposal of the na- uon to me oiawa ana people most interested in the subject-matter; . r ; : t 5 : . .. To the people of these States now I earnestly appeal. I do not argue,.I beseech you "to make the arguments for yourselves; you cannot if you would, be blind to the signs of the times. I beg of you a calm and enlarged consideration of them, ranging, if it may be, far, above personal and party politics. -t This proposal makes & common course for a common object, casting no'reproaches upon any.;: It acts not like the pharisee " Th e change it con tem plates" would come gently as the dews of heaven, not rending or wrecking anything. ;Will you not embrace it T 1 So much good has not been done by one effort in all past time, as in the providence of UOd, it is now your high privilege todo. May the vast future not have fto .lament that you have neglected it. . , - ; . . In witness, whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be annexed done at the City of Washing ton this 19th-day of May, in the year f our jjoro isoz, and or the- Independence of the United Sutes the 86th. (Sighed) V? ' - u ; ., 'ABRAHAM LINCOLN - ' W.TX. Sswaai,See'y. of State. SitajSeetiozt Among the . Federal Torcea Port JLoytl Sesigiauon et OH eera. tFrou the XT. Yl Xxpreas. - , ; , Te ordinary channelsW intelligence being closed in deference to the military necessities of the times much' ofHhe'news from 'the seat of war reach ing the public ear is necessarily communicated verbally.- Thus, hen the last steamer fromJPort . Royal arrived here,, .the talk obout town was, that among- the passengers were some twenty-five; or ' thirty' officers (the majority of them Massachusetts men) who had returned home, owing to a variety of disagreeable causes,, the 'principal, one .however, being the studied endeavors that were making, by certain "friends of Freedom," "to' fhvor-the negro at the expense of the white roan. The further talk was that it was not,. exactly:, the things for contrabands to be lodged in the best houses, and to be fed and clothed "and otherwise petted at the ' public - expensewhile'' doling but comparatively no" out door labor at the same that Northern - white Vmen:v.were$ la- boring hard, under a broiling sun, digging trenchments and rifle pits, building rortif en-: pits, building fortifica tions, and enduring all the other hardships of jkLiittary me. vi ne men tnemseives 01a not relish the contrast and hot unnaturally, ajd it was not long before the officers gave audi-j ble utterance to the men's thoughts. . Thiamin the course of time, led to heart-burningaV bickerings, and trouble all around,'' so, -ione- thing leading to another, officer aftei; officer, reidgn-ed, glad to get away from a .place where. ,it looked as ir (we quote) negroes." wereT go-.: ing to be everything and white men nothing." V " " " ' 11mm : ' " " 1 ;n -V Got. Clark, of Iforth Carolina,'. Befntef to Pnrniah any more Troops to, Jeff. ''--Nxw'T6xaMay.iV18Newra"')roBy'North Carolina states Governor Clark has refused to furnish any .more troops to Jeff. - Davis and has recalled ' alt the1 North ' Carolina "Boldiers ndr in the rebel' army ' -y r i 1 : Nerth Carolina has held a eonvention-of its chizenaAqd pronounced against giving further aid to the rebellion, and thus virtually return- ing to the union.x " v':' - -t- .v-. In reply to the demand of iJeff. Davis ? for additional troops, and means of transportation for bi army .to and through' tbe Cotton States, Governor Clarke said tk at Davis had received all theaid from North Carohnathat he conld expect,' and' that' hereafter if more" troops would be permitted to leave the State, andlias ordered all the North Carolina - State troops noma, ucv, Jiarxe-aiso;iniormed me r reoeis that they could use -the railroadst in retreating homewards, and that they wonld run their bwn va ' " . " v. : a - risk of - being intercepted Aw a TJnkMl force uiu any part pf,the State.-,-( The rnrmy DrlTea, Acrcti v - nomsy. .1Whit Hotrsi. Val Ifay 18. r xOfi d aavsnce guard of bur forces, on the road to Bichmond. via Bottom Bridge,' drove the enemy ftcrosi the 'C-ickahominyvery esteiriayi U I is fifteen -miles from.ichmon4 found iton f re, and were opened on bjf 'a rebel J battery. . No one kvsC?vz&&:? u ; AVexpect corjeiderable dI5culty 4nl crc; fi hereiJiThe country is lowj and rr). Our advance from this point toust b necessa rily alow, there being no riy rraneportation, tad TEverv &v?r:::9 clrlnictaia li.'I-: : 1 ia tbe wav ly .therebelj. -i. ? ,vur-K-j..;.4 ?f,Th I:!chncd DLrj-.tcTi f-t V ; :'lT'v. ii n articla ctiieevacustioa ct j;cr: : .xt. xcu- town fBln the .eondat -of.'t .3. Vr, eaja !. V:. . . a ccac ::r:.. r iwei-4-i.-tcicc3' cn.ea- fyryy t j c-i--, f " - c'x cf vi' '1 i ::' gunboats.;;, -Tl-i-'i' -Va. Jck eince iWTit elymate in the ( to the- coneti to sb in. v Linkin, too, haa I n terribuUy . anxus about war noose, and t-.-, nigh approach ' of hpt weather.'" But the eat subjeck which the Kernel and I have be considerin, ttf the "contrybandaWhat i tobedonewith !emf That's the QuestshinV nr. : Unkie ses he would like to bee the. feller that aa tell him, .One night Linjcitt got a hig m and Now. aes he: "M an he sot dnwn, r hit'a take la look at all reashin,ran see ef avot sum Tlaee 3sky kinky. beds, ,"arLjLKertieL at''it;-, First I4 whar we kin send thes-and get rid ofem-rT. I'm agreed So we we: kin put his finger oh Hi NoW.T' see he thar'a an - lland 'that Vj V suits ? the nigger constitushin, -Suppose U 7 go tharrjvf But," sea I "Kernel, they won' q. an ef -they did, they wouldn't, do nothn . ?WaL,' see he, io matter, ef they won' joublefus here en-y longer-$M?h;. "But," see Lather's or a more resin. v. The iland ain't large ennff to old all the. niggers, four millions or . thereabc- VWaV' aays he, ."ther'e Central Am' Vy--what -do, you think of that spotr,r:l") .k' aes J, Kernel, that's a fine country,: ms' nally'f Th :Cre ator fixed it up on a grand r 'iaJe, hut y'oavcau.'t make a treaty with. t,jecry. more than you can count the spots on a-1 'J pig, when-1 he keeps runin about the hull time. The truth is, you can't teU who'U V a President' of it from one mornia to the pr K and the . aiggera you send there might all i t, their throats cut jest as soon as ' they' lau led. f Wal aea Linkin, 'that's a eSgfUoV : shun. But let's turn over to JLfriky; " ,T re'a Liberv. how would Jthat do Major t"; 4' W' see I,";Ker nel, that country is about t'e biggest humbug of the bull lot.2 Fuet off, i uin raly good ; yjee-pul thought it was goin to emonntto eumthin, but after .forty years. ot speTdm moner. .on it. ther aint enny more chanat of. civilizin Afriky in that way than ther is of making rifled cannon out of a bass wood Tor ' A few 'dominys, who can't get enny boddy drilling to hearem preach, hev got hold ofvaC W are making a good thing out of it, Aa t f sending pur .Vnig gers ther, why it would tal all the shipping of the world, . and ! moire 1 oney than Chase could arint by steani in a bBtJ'r Wal.' ses Linkin,-"where on'arth ki 'we send j 'em T' Now; see I, 'Kernel, I'- got' an idee Of my own about that matter. J1 1 think they ' are oest on wnere iney .are an just as; they are, but ef you must get rid of em," I would send 'em all to. Mas-ea-chewa?t i Feepul7who are so anxus to have other fdt Overrun with free niggers; Ought to be willin "o hare' some of the blessins themselves. i Jet 'all that ' are here in Washington be-aer t rite off to 'Ros-ton." "Yes, that imight Id," says Linkin but then ef they are eotitj i to their freedom, they orter be allowed to go jrhere they are a mind to." 1 "But, ses I, f am Statea won't have 'em at all, and ther cr )'t'ga' there. So what's to bei donr 7t " "aear Linkin. I tell you what it ia n almighty tuff subjeck. 1 know something about split-ti rails, and what hard work is generally, bat this questahia haapuxxlad ma.more. 4haa -ea ny thing I ever got hold of before.. ;fWaH," aays I, "Kernel, I caa explain the resin why. Says he, "Let's hear, you. Major." . -Wafl," says I, "Kernel, where, do 'jou jurry iyour poeket bookr Sea I, .'hold on, youTl "see. "Wall sea he, I ;alway carry it right there, In my left ! hani trowsers poeket. ' Ses I; "Didn't you ever have a hole in that pocket for a day or two, and have to put' your pocket book in sum other t " See he, "Major I have. Ses I what did you do with if thenr" "Wall," aes he, "I put it in my right hand poeket, but it ' kinder chafed -my ; leg, there; cause it warn't used to it, and it also felt mity onhandy.'; So I put it in my side coat pocket; but every time I stooped over' it ; would drop out.- vinen x put u in my coat tall pocket, but I' was kept all the time oa v the out were. afeerd sum pick pocket would steal it. At last, in order to make it safe, and sure, I put it : in the top of 'my hat, under sum papers, but the nai was top neavy, ana 0ver.1t went,- spiuiag everything. - I tell yon I was glad when int pocket was fixed, and I got it back in the old Spot ' - - - .'-: ' - "Now," aays I,n kernel, thafs jest the case with the niggers.' The minit Voo get 'em out of ther place,' you don't know what on arth todo with era. Now we've peeh here all the evenin sarchin over th mapto see ef we cah't find suhr place to put. emJ But it is lill' no manner? of : uee.if' You've got to-do ' wltlf em jest as you didwith ; your pocket-book; -Tut 'em whar they belong; n then you wotft have ao trubbn."- :;u V-;-- 1" ; '; ; -: 1 v Linken didnt see eggaxly how ? was gwin to apply the story, and wen he did, he looked kinder struck up. Wen I saw-1 that " I had made a hit ou him, I fbReredir up. See I, "Kernel; this govermnantJaiaotrtrf of brder, aa Seward and. Chase koatenxL v They are on ly trying to run it ths rong, way - -that's - what makes all the trubbit. TI once had a thrashin machine and I sold it to Jim Dambutter, after he got it, he'sed it warnt good -: for'BOthia that it wouldn't run, ie.V'-eo t -weor over-to see It,; an I . vow ef jbe-dida't have the machine all rong eend foremisf&J I went to- work at it; an after a Jeetle wile, it went" Off; luce ; grease, jest as sliclt as Mrhietl. c;Yoa see, ld Dun batter didn't onderstand' tbe; macbihc -' an; hTecie,, he? couldnH wiake it gr. - r?Now, veee li Kernel, Our Constitushia 1 a- Deromyeratic 'machine, abd its got to-be runrva!r DenimV'- you see. Sewardia-trving - to srtm'-it tn ehis higher law;princi pie, tmritrnVfimdeste that, an the consekence n. the thing lriJretry niga smasneu up, r ! 4 -tt 1 rA- Boldervi:r:zU3txttIiC3iiia t Hajor.Old, oCiarrpwiC itfgiment haa always 'heretofbrebeenpro1nVT inent putlican,' tuVnow .he; pudiatesthe party and acU with the DmoCTicy?rIIe''is a maofcliaracteT;'?Ll is only pne .araongi'tiousndaoft the rallant ated theab . .t.- .n ink. ling of tbveh&c-i cala cztziim'tf the "Voters in- the Army,, r mcs th" rtfassl to allow thecttoexercica the ri'Uifurra','e-i Weare aci-!:t-I - ; h lia and r gird hizx 3 a yery ttiz ' i : ! 5 1!? rzru ??-?3Vt 'i'.e- "m m .-"K "." -L A W t . . . . V . V . . v '-' Josuiix.TI, C . T ,.jr . j-i letter in wLi .'j I 3 c V t 3 C-rihtt"i "rltrrrrr ' ' :! Cou'Ji Car'" - t 1, c. - ; tlatt:.?-' - V-zlU-It-' - - '-.(the-Af.::-2 ' : - -:' crL'nient,, en . " ' ' r a tL i c .-a ' -o- toilers . c 13 . v r . c 13 is . jl-.. -... Z . . -nclcr t :--. f t':i c errjr-'y-ily. I' -'. rr.: t V; If tetter -frcoi .l:r .." Stras:Ive teea kind you last. The truth is, t swing is reelv rerr weal pen q me amy .woo cave reuai oution party .y.v;. V 'C: ' : : V The BhamT.Lef!i!all3' JcsLSA ; Coutmbm, Phio, May 14th, 18S2. -If I Diti Olb JrutDrr a T tailr n, . hand to rite you a jew hastv Unea. TheL- islater haa got dun with Ha ponderua labers. We dun s. mity site or good for the time we was at it. . ; Mi deer old feller.it is asthoaisbea what a ait of proelaverv cusses thare ia in the' State' About sixty thousand petitioned us to pass a law for to keep our deer cullered broth- en and eiqtera from cumin into; to this State, but our Kepubhcan friends, the members of tlie legislater, cum up manfully and recorded thare votes 'ferninst' sech a infamous law. The good time for which me and you and other sound Republicans have prayed and laber-ed and for, -.which our patron saint,. Jobs Bbowx. poured out his last life's droo-on the God accuseed eile of Virginny is fast approach- tav TUttUdrede and thousands or our cullered brntbra ahd sisters is rnxhia to the State of Ohio-toenioy the blessena the Republican par ty n&s so long: strove to gain lor em and: so freely, offered em. vThare is a grate menny rten dien off and gitten killed in the army and I am happy to 'say. that for every one lost in that war our popelashun will reseave at least three beiuved Africans, r. " We have drstricted: the State so that the lo-COfbcoe will cum up short oh Congressmen at the 'next election. -1 1 was very necessary to do this for if- we hadeat the locofocoa might , got a majority m Congress, and then tha wood stopped abolishen slavery, and levied no tax tor to buy slaves from masters what was wu- len to set em free. ; ; Besides doin that tha wood bring the war to a closed (tha are h 1 on fix-en up fusses.) and then all our rich army coo-tracts and government speculations would be rone forever. ' A locofoco Congress would ruin the prospects of our beiuved cullerd bru til ers, throw thousands of good Kepublicons out of . ones, and bring the country to peace by comrhitten the government .to tbe degraded n igger driven pol icy or. Wash ingtox, . J e r fk a-son, Madison, Monroi Jacksox, and them other .fellers. , That is what we will never sub mit to ; -this country must be all free or burst. '" The locofoco .members tried to get us on a hook by passen a Iaw.to allow- the'solgerS-to rote in camp the same as tha do in Fensilva nv. New JErsey, Illinois, Ac, but we beat em on this. , In the States I have named tbe sol- gers nearly all Voted the locofoco ticket, , and from what I can find out the solders frutn tLis State wood do the -same thing if tha : had a chance to vote. ; Mr. Sii ith, ;,Mr. Hiiw and "several other good. Republicans made glorious speeches alio wen the ragged .supers to vote, and for this tha shood be sent to Congress. . . Congress is doin the thing 1 up brown, and I beleaye Jhat if we ken secure a majority of jist sich men in the next Congress we ken keep op the war until every slave in - A meriky is free and all distinction on account of culler banished from our -country. . Oh, that the year ;of Jubilee ma quickly cum . when the whites and blacks will fondly embrace and kiss each other and lay down together head to tail and tail to head like a litter of piga. v - " " - - Farmers and other' peepel growl about Coo greet asseesen taxes to keep them, biggavern-ment ofScera, Tuy slaves and sieh like . .Well & man what will growl about that haint got no sense. " Why, if you git all the slaves free it wiU mak.;laberersao plenty v thai yoa lean hire em for ten cents a da instead, of. pay en cm from seventy-five cents to a dollar as you .now do- But' if thare was no gain in it every man what luva his fellers and is sound on the goose shood be willen to give all he'a got to- bind the devil and establish heaven u poo earth as thare will be when humans of various cullers associate together like the various cullered sheep, hogs, horses, cows, dogs, Ac. ; ' ; - Sum stingy cusses com plane about : payen taxes to, purchase onr . A frieen .brothers - and sisters, but en ny man what wood com plane at that haeent a proper reverence for his God to fttony alarmin 'extent. Beside. gitten our cul ierd brothers and sisters free it will uaik the slaveholders so mad that tha will keep on flten and we will have the fun of ehooten em. No ehristian will care' for the koet if we only git US JLMI tllC BVCCSUCrB. TT U&t II OUT DMO QUI git juuea, tna wooa nave to oie sum ume en- wood have to die sum time Show. , The taxes aint nuthen for the peepel i work a little harder and eat less and maik up the amount as eaey as ile.;- V';v,H in konlclushen, xeer Josh va, I wood advise you to -run for Congress. We must have the next Congress kom posed of a majority of sich substanehel and liberty-loven men as yourself. We ma- hav to drop the naim or Kepubiican and call our .party the Union party - or sum sich naim, but sv African ;lady smells aa sweet by one naim a she dux by another, ion kin taik a hint from this and govern yourself accordingly.?::1;' i'-v---.-- Yours Fsmer,--- v.V .- " . JosarsiAa Q. Sxith. -Holme Co. Farmer., . & - ' mmm "' Trom tbSt. PMd Miaa.) JnaL - 7 ThTongh what Political Organixation Shan fne Bcsstr&ction of ihl Got-ernggnt .to AttezxpteL-l r -" ;.At this time, when a healthy and solid pro gress has stamped itself upon the Democracy, it is little less than amusing to read arguments 4igatBM tta..ireorganixation.v - a he Xouisville mnwi--that traditional enemy of the Dem-ocraey catches an utterance of the Lrader. a;NeW; vrk jourival, claiming to.: be Demo- craticpon. the.absurdity" of tbe movement; quotes approvingly a. paragraph from the Buffalo C&tntfrwhicb1. says, jthat; jt holds . it is the duty,cNorthern men. to out down at tlie ballot box, the revolutionarv dtfuniottWs Rt home,''and although" seeing-tto gooil reason tor aoaaaoamg tue Jmocratie organisation, I ready to adopt any .others which may offer to accomplish the same purposes. - The for- Vades the Democratic ranks." 'Northern 'radi- 'calism- nruet be putjilown .-".Th e task is - om- bined inseparably .with the great workvof re- estaonsnm ine government.; --.- t . - ,;: .v Wnue the Democracy accepts this tribute TronY its antiquated enemyt it protests it perfect "agreement 'wuh - the Louisville 7etcma and Ba Qtlo Courier o unite with any . element with, the same objects. : jBut it,:protesta: .that there is nooccasion for seeking new names, or '.a: iaevr orgahizationi "feTlie f Dentocracj 7 is vZmay rganizedt-vlt is organised "in- and bv the distinct rincipleS'whicJi have always die-tinguishJ tipi it c& lieveri be -d.obanded even ahould a- dee pot" temporafHyrplaceiVhis raciroa taeoecK or xne,Dation., n baa a roarer in its name, which came not from, the 6p-J to popular radical.ara impnted to it by ila -c;;r.t c..-.'raiei;''tut from lu-idcutlrcatioo vr;:h; irvdi tjjzCci' t.'Ls--CiuilSi&m, -which it ! s rrrjentei ia all 13 els es of existence. rr.I i i T7"r"wt-t le -1 t'-tri i 7 . "el; lt is a t'a-ilc3 cf t a f ... L..t nc-lri . "Izit lhe"De"iiioC craey,- v, cr t' 1. v . - war 1 c 3 Uiit it 13 iraposoioie.to re-Ttr r J it"""? before the civ- - . iur.v- t.at -tVe an J tLat men must I.a rriri rcever to- II hl3 - It 't !. i . . 1 3 tc- : t t i i. :i:fr' e:v: i! v , , : 13 1: t same fere ver that ther fc-. and as they were before the first' hostile gu n was fired, v A strict adherence to the Constitution; the rights and equality of the States, and discriminations against none : these form the cornerstone and keystone pf. Democracy; i as applicable a the war, and after the war as hefon it ; and embrace adaptability to ev ery changiag circumstance off the uepubiie I A . party founded . but on - specific measnrea, : eemld and mujhX- Xo be .advised to .disband U That is the character of the party ' ia power; All such must be short-lived; time-serving and . - . . , , - - - T T pernicious, joni a party lounaea on principles,; which direct it as the North Star through every change of circumstances, and . are as ap-' plicable to measures embracing a century as those of but temporary use, can . never cease to exist till the rock on which its principles is founded is swept from the memory of man.-The rock of the Democracy! the Constitution,' as long as that ia not swept into oblivion., so long will the Democratic party live I "All who ueueve wua u. are esneuuai ty . uemvenu.- And while manv mav onlv recognise ita wis dom and agree to co-operate with it in refer enee to immediate measures, its permanent es- tabuebment ia the government of the country ia synonymous with the institutions on which it was established. " ' . ' . "" In the work which is immediately before us, we are ealledV toTarhigher eerork for -the maintenance of a mere party platform, a stern er and holier duty than a mere partisan suc cess. We contend for no mere party name. We seek no party spoil. : We ask no tribute to moreT party pride. But as combinations of men are indispensable for the achievement of the success of principles held in common, what is a necessity. The Democratic party . is ' already organised in every State Of the Union. Ita conservative principles are essentially, vitally .perpetually necessary to Union. It compacts and expresses the sentiments of . peace, reunion, prosperity and displays upon its banner its plan and power for their achievement.' It invites to its standard, all people who will labor with it, in truth and sincerity, to redeem this sorrow . stricken "and tax-be ridden land from the curse of sectionalism,- and the inglorious fate which a faction of madmen - would bring upon us ! . - .. . From the St. Louis Democrat. s A Talk with Seaoregard Iaterestingr Personal NarratiTe of the Battle of bixuon. m - . " " . LieuUT, II. Simmons, of the Illinois Fourteenth Regiment, relates to us the : following interesting incident which occurred on the battle field of Shiloh V ; -' . About 11 o'clock on' Sunday, the 6th off April, Anient, o. was wounded, ; being shot through the left lung: 'He was supposed to be in a dying condition, and 'was left on the field by hia companions. - About 5 O'clock" in the afternoon of that ever-memorable day, oar forces having been driven back from - their position, a Confederate officer of high rank, and his staff, came upon the ground- where Lieut. Simmons : UyCvThe. rebel r officer -obaerying him lying there,-not yet -dead, - and irom Eta uniform taking him. to be a federal officer,, approached him, when the -following- conversation ensued ; The rebel Officer asked Lieut. 8. how far it was to the Tennessee river. - Lieutenant S. being too weak from the loss of blood to speak loud, beckoned him toome cloeerj and in low tone replied, Two miles and a haiC -The Confederate officer shook his head doubtinglv. " Lient. 8. observed it, and said to him: " You seem to doubt' my word. But you see," he added, pointing to his. wound " that i am dying; and upon the word ofa dying man, to the best ofmyjudgment, ilisboo wtiUi and half to the-river' - The rebel officer turned to converse with his staffs and. ordered hia surgeon to give the Lieutenant, some" stimulants. The surgeon gave him some brandy aad morphine, which revived him considerably The conversation with his' staff, :which the Lieutenant-' overheard, " was about asfollows:- .. .-..T si ..---.-.: I'; Officer " It is now after 3 o'clock. ; It is two miles and a half to the river..- The dia-tance is greater than I expected, . but - we can drive Grant to so dose quarters yet to-oight, that his -capture or capitulation . will be an easy thing in the morning. The officer turned again to the Lieutenant, 'and asked him about Daeu lorces tneir number and position. Upon this subject, Lieut. S. was entirely ignorant, of eonrae. : The officer' then re marked to him, "it s . no matter how far it is to the river, we shall whip you anyhow, and force Gen. Grant to surrender to-night, T&r ear-lv to-morrow morning, and - then capture Bu-ell, if he makes his appearance on the field.' Lieut. S.replied, " Yoa are not so certain of that. You have got hard fighting to do be fore you capture our forces yet, and Northwestern freemen are not the craven dogs to li down after the first brush, and allow themselves to be taken. " No matter, said the officer "we' shall whip, yoa I Yerme wft fyhLT J Upon that subject, said the Lieutenant. 'you will probably be better informed before you get through k withto-morrow's fight, v Yon .surprised our men' 'this morning, and they - were thrown iato some coafusioa ; but eveif this day's work will show that " our men. will fuiht'' "Wet!" said the officer, " I admire your courage, and. wish siich men as you" were"' hot fighting "against the South. You cannot conquer the' South ; ' aud ain't you sorry-yotf engaged in the warf ' No, sir," said .- Lieutenant , S., and I would do it again." "Do your people all feel that way ?".r asked, the officer,' " Yes sir" replied the Lieutenant. - ,'T :" -' The officer ieaid Tiotnore,; but with a sad look mounted liis hoTse and rode off. ; One of the rebel officer's aids had dismounted to water hia horse in a creek close by, ..and Jbefore remounting came near , where the Lieutenant la,'who beckoned him to' come to ' him,' and asked him" "who that officer"' waa?The aid said ." that 1st. General Beauregard.:?.The Lieutenant, however, bad. recognized hin from his striking resemblance to photographs of the rebel General, . This interesting: incident,' the personal experience at the VbatUe of Shilohl of one of our intelligent and: patriotic neigh bora Of Illinois, and who ia new ia one-of the vhoe- pitala, ln taxrijrnMijviJ9eoerj r. , . . - -i- ... . snows now anxious me reoe roeB the evening, of -that ever :memorable Sunday, notwithstanding his success, to know; how mueh more he would Vbsve to do that nlbt. And hence his eager inquiries, "t How far as it to the river Tn -, "fWhera are Buella fore t"; i How many men has Baell ?' & 'c, JfotJ Withstanding the.' exhibition- vf the bragpirt asbetraved , in the", boast, A7e shall whip toir" Vonrmn wont f -St. i;ny one ca eee that the r;lv' C " ;r&l wti exceedlng- ly solicitous- in r , cohie of that d?"7er :-.:JAvt. ;"-:!! Ce!df.rfy;v- ' ' Candiy, Uie llae v. : ta.the prooawa out :lCf contested C-C V - 1 'trs tvt fc 17 rw"C lie mmm t 1 1 -cr-r i i 'wai'vosr:' o c or.-t cn n-t:i 4 ie o f "1 1 mvyrs- .11 a "miricle. I.e - - -' 'a o-e excejiioa trc&ted I, '. exception wss fTt n . -----, t--, c- , near tiHuE his cou-. i e:x. ..j t.i: mad kick, r"n-, "lets kill C ' d d Liacc'.i f ;a v ofab-ra'i TLis ij L.t . ..a exj crLsj-i I .n-dreds ofpersonaI T.-'2 r'.k! trr,i. .itl on thatiardfjr-Lt CcIJcf f'""'::r; if collected and jutlhed.iroulif nncrjaa . interesting cha pur of current Lrcry. learn that Lieu. Simraona vr.J c:t v Cr- tainly it ia the prayer of every lojrl Lcrti-itv-he should: for our country caa illy .r. rJ t&-r lose such; brave and noble hearted cefcIii." V Onr "GnatMtats ret"lxc T f.-c.i Trrt Umrlius, su&d LJy WanrcTos, lfay,17r-rThe folLii?2 waa,, , received at the War Department t j Wiluaksbpxo, llay 17. The gunboats. Galena, Monitor,ArooetpokNaagatuck aad-Port -Royal were repulsed r from Fort Darlingr seven miles below IlichmotMl yesterday. AT portion have; returned, to Jeestown Lsland, .: near this place. In James HiyeK v , " Seventeen of .those killed in the ec-r "isiK-.t have already been buried, and there ia a nu.ci ber of wounded on board the vessels, inclaH ingLieutenant Morris. ;r , .-.-t-t - .'-.- The 100-pound gun on the'NaugatBck .ex- ploJed at the first fire." -" ;v""'-,: fSim-,n - DAVID CAHPEHLL-r-i' ' By authority of Major Gen. UcClelixn, - . , 1 , FaiLanxLrHia, May 19.The.B-illei:- coa- ; tains the following additional iiewafrora Tor, tress Monroe ::V---- X i '' ftii - The repulse of tie ran boats is renerany re-' garded as a very serious affair. -On the h to gatuck 17 are reported killed by the exf Tcdoa' of theguni " The boat made- a -usele frht, and was withdrawn. 1 The Galena wt&a ridclsi with shot, and the losa ia ropposed to te bea- The Monitor was struck repeatedly, 1 -i ur Mill in ! AnlmnTHlJ Affairs are quiet at .&orfoiK; There tan-been : several attempts .lately- to-.assassinate., "-Union soldiers." Yesterday an'aSair occurred, , causing some uneasiness f 'Col.'Lrown, ofjtbe . 20th Indiana; stationed -at Por.UmouVl., . -f " ' out of town in the morning to take a ride ; eooof " . afterwards his horse came into town wounded without his rider. .It 13 feared the Col. is kul- ed or captured. vVV:' - .-a The gunboat fight with Fort Dorling lasted. ; four hours.. . The fort is situated on a tlafT rt. a sudden" turn of thejver, so-' that our bc.u . came upon it suddenly. 1The Moaiior went' within 40a Tarda, but could botr elevate her" , gtina snfficiently for effects The priadpx Zrs ; was directed at theualena. ,alie nomtor rr: j- hit three times, bat - was uniiyured. Ebs r- V" . shooters commanded the rifle-pits, wLicb, I. a the fort, commanded ine-riverr s 1 l e r. r - r r : c that roint is- .very -narrow, Ts--L 3 ' : across the. river, A formed of snckfn .. vc -: 'j,. among them the Jamestown and YorktownU and piles fastened witJi chns.; The river ia . open to within 8 tnflea Of Richmond.- ir.v - ," jrwrYox,-May 20--3.The . follow ing -wis - v written on board the Galena yesterday morn-' : iagt'--K-'.a-::? ?;'!; : "ffe ran up" to watch' the. -Bluff; when we' ' found thevn ver fall of sunken steamers; t' e '" Jamestown, Yorktown, and a no en ber of o!b-. irs7i The bank" was lined with rifle pita, and on the top of the bhrffthe rebel bad a heavy battery, mounting 10 guna, some of then inch, and three jorfour very, "heavy rifles We an. vithin half a mile of . the battery, choredand swuqg broadsides to them. ' Tbey V opened fire ; the first shot 'striking our port bow: and going through the armor.v About 1 five minutes after -we got another shot .very " near where the first. inn struckus; it came v through. -,frr"kuled one manV instantly,', and wounded four more. ' '5-'r- ' .' ' -'": ' '" 1 We fought them four hour entil w got out r Of ammunitiottvwtreTi'we'had to retire. We -1 got 8 shots in .our side and 17 on deck. .We . had twelve men killed, two dangerously wound- V : ed, who have since died, -and fifteen -slightly ' wounded., W made a gallant fight i but had we taken the battery we could not have held. it, and the obstruction in the river, prevented our going up any higher. Oce thing we havv demoDitrated the Galena cahoot stand heavy shot at a short ranges We fired 233 rounds, all that we had. ilad we had plenty of shells -. we could have silraced the rebels in two hours. V5":i-' .-:'' : He is AdTsacmg cn Littla Ecc!:. - ' Bxroiu. Couxt Htay The Utest'ad-ees from General Curtis are that his forcU le tween Learcy and Little Bock,-Arkansas, tr rapid! v marching on the Oapitalv Gov. - -He tor called en the xniXitivana the peoplef?--erally, to come out; Large "numbers .appiie 1 to General Curtis for protection. Tbey 6ts.:r to come unuer ae 01a ixag.- Here -was 'p --eral advance along our line,--toward1Conn:'. t and much skirmishing and several severe e gagementa. General Sherman's Division 1 forty-four men; killed; arid a connideralle r v - ber wounded, in -attacking Kusoeil's bou which the Rebels occupied for some time f M. W e have sncceejeil in tiprtjz riciT f.-i their position, and exiect an ' t'tck ujrd-r morning. y -" - ' t ' . . Among-the rebels left oh the&ron nd Kiicii with & sword, supposed to be an olcer. j , 5 Our forces aader- Major General, fherrr-still occupy the Russell Housed I--; " The 8th"Mis8ouri & been skirraisbir c about 300 yards from the enemy's bre"' - " Several rifleawer. captured in-.lh f'.l. on tha right, and are ; perfectly . newf- Breeze ic Frrraaa, Bremen, which r --superior to tne rifles used bytir ;.. , era,? having: ; range" of 'fronlvlW V vards whUa out are only- ee"il ve 1 lOOO. Li all eases, the reU l-.t ct ' '-were shot in the h ead, an d t h s , wou .-. . ia the neck and breast-V The nan! ' tlie JJ were about 43 kil! at 1.1 . . ed. r - .' -. - ' - ' Deserters' from Cori n t V all r c - - absence of Chloroform in t 1.. There is proUably none in the C V The weather ia Very w n 1 quite dusty;-; Z7 T- one 'TLe'roon V. twelve; br f - e-eT?cf"'' pel, t" ) v. as t... I. - - th - . ,v -

.is - I '''".' 'V .1'. .M-lkir-i I 1 I J I j tt ? K C - - , ; ; y;. ,- 1 j fy -,, f ,, -- , t ;,, , ; Lii y it tli 1 0 ft EPEB " it " HUM Of ta 7r. :-;i-i;:.-;.:t:.'.--v:vj. Si- ' R -r:i A UTTLE DEHOCILATIC FSZACnZHO. We kV been permiUed to mVe the follow-iog extracts from letter Written bj Joskfh Axuirr, sq former! of this county, - but . toow residing at Bock Grore City Iowa, to bis fKend J)r.. Shaw, of Ankenytown. Squire KXSY preaching Will no doubt be highly gratifying to , his nuraeroaa,. friends in Old -Utiox: -' -; :'" ' ; ' -'''' '."'."'-' XtAtui iTm x Cry mload and ipara not. Lift np thy role Uk a trompet, and hw my People their naigrMtkMU'aad the hoM of Abraham fLineoln thlr xiaa. - "When th wleked role the people mora." . On the above text of scripture I wish to say - A few . words,':; If y text Bays 'cry aloud and epare-DOW ' I beliere it to be the duty or er- ery 'Ameriean citixcn to raise his voice in defence of our "once glorious Union, cemented by the blood of oiir Revolutionary fathers; The . Constitution of the United States should be our .guiding, star.' : How? has the present party in power ad ininietered jour government for the last year f.One yearibf Republican Jlule civil war 'and bankrupt Teaflury--our Union destroyed. Xever since this government . has been "Ajnned, have we had a,' mora corrupt, theiving set of scoundrels and demagogues than the present party in power. By their own investigation, Van Wyck, a charnnan, it .is shown- that"i4hal.jgpvejrnmenti has been swindled to the amount of Fifty .Millions of "Dollars, and yet you see this neet of theives allowed to run at large, and Congress takes .no nffSsures to- bring them to justice. I say it boldly, without Jearor favor, that Abolitionists Republicans, Preachers of the (iwspel and corrupt politicians, have brought this war up- on our country ; and I would hail it as the " dawning of day when every .Northern abolitionist and everyjeader of Secesh in the South rere hung as high as HamanV .,. " My text says "show the house of Abraham " their sins." The Cabinet and every Congress-- men took an oath before high heaven, that they wonld - support the Constitution of the ' United 8utes, and yet with this oath warm on their polluted and. perjured lips, they are try-. ing their best to pervert the Constitution nd take away all the rights of the Southern States, and throw' them back under territorial organization. But thank God they have been defeated in that darling scheme. The next thing is to free the negroes in the District of Columbia. Lincoln's last Message to .Congress . don't suit the Abolitionists in this region. It don't smell strong enough of nigger.. He acknowledges that the general government don't claim "eh e right to interfere with State rights. lam beginning to have some little hopes of our Union being saved. Iowa ; has elected 3 Senators in the State Legislature, to fill vacan cies t all conservative Democrats; to take the place of -Black Republicans. The elections in New York look cheering. Iowa will elect a -Democratic Congress next fall. I will stake my life on that. Black Republican misrule is about at an end out here. : V - I am in favor of this war being speedily prosecuted, to, put down rebellion, and restore to all the States their rights, under iheConstitution- and am opposed to all . schemes of Emancipation by the General Government. The moment the North tries to abolish State Rights we become rebels against bur Government, as well aa the South. .. I believe it to be the duty of every lover of constitutional Liberty to lend their- aid to crush out rebellion and treason, both North and South. ' I honestly look upon an avowed Abolitionist as a worse enemy to the Constitution . than the rebel who takes up arms' to defend , what he thinks is his just rights. I hope by this time the people hay got their eyes open, and become satisfied that our government can only . be . sustained and perpetuated on Democratic principles. Every'.time since I rcan remember, when the .opposition have come into power, they . have either turned Democrats, or have been obliged to administer the government on Democratic principles? 'Such was- the case under General '' Harrison and Job n: Tyler's administration ; and also .Millard Fillmore,1 who sanctioned ..the Compromise .measures of, 1850.' Soch I hope will be the case with. 'Old Abe'sadminis-'txatknu-.V j , If the Black Abolition '- theives in Congress do not over-j wTxelsiT Ihe' President and the' conservative 1 - jnen of the North, and South, by the passage of i6meof their iniernal Jlmahdpat bills,'ouT - "eountry may y et SV caved, and the glorioaa Star and tripea Coat .' over "a restored Union; Doe. You must excuse me for po much preach- -iimp I ean't help it fat from, the'aboda'nice of -jthe heart the taouth speaketh. Ciiva ; my ngl pecti ' to'.'.:every good old ' Democrat in Berlin, rho. ta not aactured whh jMili&mUm? :; Yon nt in Lail M : JQ3.; ANKENYj. ;1 .Hon : ti5''' . .? issxj ?.-.si-.f ax'-.--i -: ' Tf tm 'm AnM f mo. 4ik..A. 'ItiiL J h xpenaes of tle Govenuaent are so enormous- n-Jy.Jtmy:-'Ths.XlI.Qwn;yfhich ,l;o'rk,'2pi-Cr6,3ve some Jijht bpba it. i j ' , 4 - V?. Tlit'arry r s'.ret -ire "tuna ititii ETji" ijtvvu in. ,1 ere, fi 11 tua-c:m ' C ir.Ua itrjJan 1. will l.a r jy ft' : t.T. i .2 -T 3 Wi'.l 1. IMA l. "3. c,-. - -r . -: I. r ;;rc:.ri..r:;c-cf.'trci'y ca to kt.)' t3 Wl cL.i tokaac'iiaJ starvation, FetiUona are vjbeinsvcir- eulated in Maryland' for a repeal' of the lite obnoxious law, and it "would be well worth w nue to make: alavery again an institution here,'7 although the newly created freemen may not again become bondmen by its pera- uong, iuu DT uavery again Becoming an institution, it will prevent the great exodus of ne groes from Maryland and Virginia ' Here, and prove essentially ' beneficial to both States as well as the District itself.. "'; . .t Tke Hegro AH ia JUL; " The Washington correspondent of the Chi cago Taar writes as follows: i . . Such a charcoal Sanhedrim' as the Repub lican side of the House of Representatives can not be found elsewhere, except in the leg islative councils of Labena and Hayu. Negrophobia has seized the entire party of the Administration; they " nave merer on . the brain, nigger in the bowels' tolgge? in the eyes, meeer, niirfrer, everr-wnere. nteam power is surpassed; calorio engines obsoleted; water power, Jaw power, uonstitution power, and all the powers, physical, moral, and political, have found their superior in the neat negro power that moves the huge, unwieldy, reeking and stewing mass of rottenness which makes up this Administration and its party. w nite soldiers, sick, and wounded, - wives and children of those soldiers, white men any and every-w here, may suffer arony des pair, famine, any thing, and no humanitarian doctrines are preached for them by these nigger charmed' saints of Republicanism k governmental dlsbnrsemenU for their support. But for twenty-flve thousand fat, shiny, greasy, fragrant niggers, the Government is giving a perennial, entertainment. This number of sable aristocrats, without labor, without care, without the asking, even, are fed, clothed and housed by the' Administration of Abraham Lincoln at Hilton Head alone. There are at least thirty thousand more negroes supported by the Government in the same way at Fortress' Monroe,!. Washington, and throughout the army of the West. The Constitutional Government of the United States is keeping a grand national " nigger dance house," at a cost of $50,000 per day. And every grain of wheat, every kernel of corn, every potato raised in the great North-west must be taxed to help pay for this philo-niggerous experiment of the Abolitionists of New. England. . ; . OMo'i Bravery Vindicated. The Chicago Tribune, having spoken of the charges of cowardice which have been made against certain Ohio regiments at the battle of, Pittsburg Landing, "and of the subsequent explanation of the circumstances, pays the fol- wjng tribute to Ohio bravery : So much -for the- cowardice of Ohio 'regi men is at i-ittsourg. wo troops fought -more determinedly than they despite all circum . . . ... , - . . stances and the truth or history is their am- pia Ttuuivsuvn.. Aavj wre . uuionunate) in their commanders unfortunate ( as raw troops) in their exposed position ; but the record Ohio has made on every , field, and that which hersons will yet make will sufTier none bcomparison or comment. -The :Buckeye boya are sound to the heart's coj They are not cowards." ' T. ' ' "-- ; ', " , 1 1 is understood that . Colonel Apnler .. and Colonel Mason will be relieved of their cora-mands as they should be if the above repojja are true, of them. ' We expect to hear of some tlorious deeds done. by. these regiments yet be-re the war is' ended.. T' :V 't-r'J The Caniero& :Befiim in; tlie 'War 2)e- : ' paxtmenf. -' " - The Philadelphia Inquirer, a Republican paper says : . : j? .; "".. "v. ''-'C ' : ' ' : "A startling exposition of the mismanagement of the. War Department under the Ex-Secretary Cameron and Ass't Sec'y. Scott, is furthered by Executive Document, 67, printed lately by the House of Representatives. It appears by this, that these two functionaries were busily engaged' during last summer and fall making contracts for muskets and other small arms, until the aggregate oftheir-operations summed up 1,976,240 muskets, rifles and carbines, 72,440 pistols, and 142,500 swords ; for which they obliged the , Treasury to pay the trifling amount of $46,154,665. The arms were to be delivered, . according to the convenience. of the contractors, at almost any time along the next two years,- the delivery of hundreds of thousands of them, being accomodatingly disposed over periods - extend ing from July, 1862, to December, 1862. . M While the public will be astounded at the vast magnitude and, wild improvidence of these operations, there are other attending circumstances that will leave them hardly leas amazed. Whether we consider the exorbitant prices agreed upon, or the apparent privity with the bidders, or the censurable favoritism to defaulting and bogus contractors, or the miserable inferiority of the arms thua procured, or the character of the contractors (who were in Urge part neither manufacturers of any kind nor dealers in arms,) or the impolicy" of the Department bringing la to the field soman) bidders to complete with itself in the markets of Europe all show a reckless spstem of ; extravagance and jobbing, and i a want of foresight and administrative ability, shocking to the instincts of every, loyal citizen and well trained business man. Every part of the book is filled with cases illustrating the justness of these remarks." . . . s . . Latest from Qnr Army before Richmond. ; ; Tcsrsf alis Station, yiu,4 May 20..; The advance; under Gen. Stoneman, 'reach ed. Canal Harbor, on theroad running to Rich mond by; way or .New indge, yesterday, where he found the enemy to be' in fon; He drove their, pickets in to withm two m3ee. of their main, oodj, and encamped for the .night. Evf erythiog indicates that the rebels intend to de- iena ,mcjaraoDu wild. ji tue avaiiaoie - lorce they cap brjog 3forw.anC.Vj Congreannea.-and Representatives from everr' Southern 8tatears there, encouraging; theit troops, by their presence and eoonseU to a determined resiatence to the advance of the fjniott troot ops. v Richmond papers of the 16tb hai have been , re ceived. The v contain a' corresDondence.be- tween the y irgmU;Legialature .and'Jeff- Da- "?-, won to ute.reeent movementsoi tae rebel army.' 'He stated that he had never eni ertained tbe'thnacht nt WUhilMwma tTia rni '.'.W and abandoning, the 6tate. tnat fan, the necessity of which he did not see or an-tnapate,4hat would.be noreason for withdraw ing win mimjirom the EtatefiThe war could vtTTZZ rned oa and .maintained on . iripw sou ior twenty t u- The rebel Genera, Johi . "X'M" aou or twenty tears. B; Floyd, has been egiem v it. Tte: 'enaement -Tbwr-Iay-t Drury'e fccaw ;Ii;cZvad,-; between i-, seven miles cur; ! t encny's' battel lea n ;' ..i?cr,':w--c.j -rrts,t'-tsnie -ttabn-' the pecIa Cf IJc:ioaw'-They kndwlef je the lose of six killl dcnouadedci j ojur ucuwiu i me Vir'-inisf-fcea with' authority to'rais a force of Lj.CCO men' . . . . . . . mm - ' iY'l , ?. i . WasHueToir, May 19. Jfv Ms fraidenl t-fth United COateM i A PROCLAMATION, r Whkkkas. There aDoears in the Dublic ronnts what purports to be a proclation of Major- uenerai xtunier; ana wnereas, me same is pro- tracing some uciiemeni ana misuDaerBianaiiig therefore-1, 'Abraham LincolnPresidentof the United States, proclaim and declare that the Government of theUnited States had no knowl edge or belief of an intention on ' the part of n T-r . . . . , , . : . . jten. nuDierw issue bucu a prociamauon, or has it yet any authentic information that the document ia genuine; and further, that neither Gen. Hunter or any other commander or person has been authorized" by the Government of the United States to make proclamation decla ring the slaves of any (State tree; and that the supposed proclamation now in question, whether genuine or false, is altogether void so far as respects such declaration. ; ' I furthermore make known that whether, it be competent for me as commander-in-Chief of the army and navy to declare the slaves of any State or States free, and whether at any time, or in any case it shall have become a necessity indispensable to the maintenance of the Government to exercise such supposed power, are Questions which, under Tnv resDonsibilitr Ire- serve to myself, and which. 1 cannot feel justi fied in leaving to the decision Of commanders in the field. These are totally different questions from those of police regulations in armies and camps. , . '. r ... , . On the 4th day of March last,"b'y a special message I recommended to Congress the adop- wvn ui s juiai resolution to ue euuetanoauy as follows:' : . .. rr . .. .. . JUtohed. That the United States ought to co-operate with any State wh ich may adopt a gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such States, in its discretion, compensation, for, the inconveniences, public and private,,-produced by such changes of system.' i ' ' "' The resolution in the language above quoted, was adopted by , a large majority in .both orancnes oi congress ana now. stands an authentic, definite and solemn proposal of the na- uon to me oiawa ana people most interested in the subject-matter; . r ; : t 5 : . .. To the people of these States now I earnestly appeal. I do not argue,.I beseech you "to make the arguments for yourselves; you cannot if you would, be blind to the signs of the times. I beg of you a calm and enlarged consideration of them, ranging, if it may be, far, above personal and party politics. -t This proposal makes & common course for a common object, casting no'reproaches upon any.;: It acts not like the pharisee " Th e change it con tem plates" would come gently as the dews of heaven, not rending or wrecking anything. ;Will you not embrace it T 1 So much good has not been done by one effort in all past time, as in the providence of UOd, it is now your high privilege todo. May the vast future not have fto .lament that you have neglected it. . , - ; . . In witness, whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be annexed done at the City of Washing ton this 19th-day of May, in the year f our jjoro isoz, and or the- Independence of the United Sutes the 86th. (Sighed) V? ' - u ; ., 'ABRAHAM LINCOLN - ' W.TX. Sswaai,See'y. of State. SitajSeetiozt Among the . Federal Torcea Port JLoytl Sesigiauon et OH eera. tFrou the XT. Yl Xxpreas. - , ; , Te ordinary channelsW intelligence being closed in deference to the military necessities of the times much' ofHhe'news from 'the seat of war reach ing the public ear is necessarily communicated verbally.- Thus, hen the last steamer fromJPort . Royal arrived here,, .the talk obout town was, that among- the passengers were some twenty-five; or ' thirty' officers (the majority of them Massachusetts men) who had returned home, owing to a variety of disagreeable causes,, the 'principal, one .however, being the studied endeavors that were making, by certain "friends of Freedom," "to' fhvor-the negro at the expense of the white roan. The further talk was that it was not,. exactly:, the things for contrabands to be lodged in the best houses, and to be fed and clothed "and otherwise petted at the ' public - expensewhile'' doling but comparatively no" out door labor at the same that Northern - white Vmen:v.were$ la- boring hard, under a broiling sun, digging trenchments and rifle pits, building rortif en-: pits, building fortifica tions, and enduring all the other hardships of jkLiittary me. vi ne men tnemseives 01a not relish the contrast and hot unnaturally, ajd it was not long before the officers gave audi-j ble utterance to the men's thoughts. . Thiamin the course of time, led to heart-burningaV bickerings, and trouble all around,'' so, -ione- thing leading to another, officer aftei; officer, reidgn-ed, glad to get away from a .place where. ,it looked as ir (we quote) negroes." wereT go-.: ing to be everything and white men nothing." V " " " ' 11mm : ' " " 1 ;n -V Got. Clark, of Iforth Carolina,'. Befntef to Pnrniah any more Troops to, Jeff. ''--Nxw'T6xaMay.iV18Newra"')roBy'North Carolina states Governor Clark has refused to furnish any .more troops to Jeff. - Davis and has recalled ' alt the1 North ' Carolina "Boldiers ndr in the rebel' army ' -y r i 1 : Nerth Carolina has held a eonvention-of its chizenaAqd pronounced against giving further aid to the rebellion, and thus virtually return- ing to the union.x " v':' - -t- .v-. In reply to the demand of iJeff. Davis ? for additional troops, and means of transportation for bi army .to and through' tbe Cotton States, Governor Clarke said tk at Davis had received all theaid from North Carohnathat he conld expect,' and' that' hereafter if more" troops would be permitted to leave the State, andlias ordered all the North Carolina - State troops noma, ucv, Jiarxe-aiso;iniormed me r reoeis that they could use -the railroadst in retreating homewards, and that they wonld run their bwn va ' " . " v. : a - risk of - being intercepted Aw a TJnkMl force uiu any part pf,the State.-,-( The rnrmy DrlTea, Acrcti v - nomsy. .1Whit Hotrsi. Val Ifay 18. r xOfi d aavsnce guard of bur forces, on the road to Bichmond. via Bottom Bridge,' drove the enemy ftcrosi the 'C-ickahominyvery esteiriayi U I is fifteen -miles from.ichmon4 found iton f re, and were opened on bjf 'a rebel J battery. . No one kvsC?vz&&:? u ; AVexpect corjeiderable dI5culty 4nl crc; fi hereiJiThe country is lowj and rr). Our advance from this point toust b necessa rily alow, there being no riy rraneportation, tad TEverv &v?r:::9 clrlnictaia li.'I-: : 1 ia tbe wav ly .therebelj. -i. ? ,vur-K-j..;.4 ?f,Th I:!chncd DLrj-.tcTi f-t V ; :'lT'v. ii n articla ctiieevacustioa ct j;cr: : .xt. xcu- town fBln the .eondat -of.'t .3. Vr, eaja !. V:. . . a ccac ::r:.. r iwei-4-i.-tcicc3' cn.ea- fyryy t j c-i--, f " - c'x cf vi' '1 i ::' gunboats.;;, -Tl-i-'i' -Va. Jck eince iWTit elymate in the ( to the- coneti to sb in. v Linkin, too, haa I n terribuUy . anxus about war noose, and t-.-, nigh approach ' of hpt weather.'" But the eat subjeck which the Kernel and I have be considerin, ttf the "contrybandaWhat i tobedonewith !emf That's the QuestshinV nr. : Unkie ses he would like to bee the. feller that aa tell him, .One night Linjcitt got a hig m and Now. aes he: "M an he sot dnwn, r hit'a take la look at all reashin,ran see ef avot sum Tlaee 3sky kinky. beds, ,"arLjLKertieL at''it;-, First I4 whar we kin send thes-and get rid ofem-rT. I'm agreed So we we: kin put his finger oh Hi NoW.T' see he thar'a an - lland 'that Vj V suits ? the nigger constitushin, -Suppose U 7 go tharrjvf But," sea I "Kernel, they won' q. an ef -they did, they wouldn't, do nothn . ?WaL,' see he, io matter, ef they won' joublefus here en-y longer-$M?h;. "But," see Lather's or a more resin. v. The iland ain't large ennff to old all the. niggers, four millions or . thereabc- VWaV' aays he, ."ther'e Central Am' Vy--what -do, you think of that spotr,r:l") .k' aes J, Kernel, that's a fine country,: ms' nally'f Th :Cre ator fixed it up on a grand r 'iaJe, hut y'oavcau.'t make a treaty with. t,jecry. more than you can count the spots on a-1 'J pig, when-1 he keeps runin about the hull time. The truth is, you can't teU who'U V a President' of it from one mornia to the pr K and the . aiggera you send there might all i t, their throats cut jest as soon as ' they' lau led. f Wal aea Linkin, 'that's a eSgfUoV : shun. But let's turn over to JLfriky; " ,T re'a Liberv. how would Jthat do Major t"; 4' W' see I,";Ker nel, that country is about t'e biggest humbug of the bull lot.2 Fuet off, i uin raly good ; yjee-pul thought it was goin to emonntto eumthin, but after .forty years. ot speTdm moner. .on it. ther aint enny more chanat of. civilizin Afriky in that way than ther is of making rifled cannon out of a bass wood Tor ' A few 'dominys, who can't get enny boddy drilling to hearem preach, hev got hold ofvaC W are making a good thing out of it, Aa t f sending pur .Vnig gers ther, why it would tal all the shipping of the world, . and ! moire 1 oney than Chase could arint by steani in a bBtJ'r Wal.' ses Linkin,-"where on'arth ki 'we send j 'em T' Now; see I, 'Kernel, I'- got' an idee Of my own about that matter. J1 1 think they ' are oest on wnere iney .are an just as; they are, but ef you must get rid of em," I would send 'em all to. Mas-ea-chewa?t i Feepul7who are so anxus to have other fdt Overrun with free niggers; Ought to be willin "o hare' some of the blessins themselves. i Jet 'all that ' are here in Washington be-aer t rite off to 'Ros-ton." "Yes, that imight Id," says Linkin but then ef they are eotitj i to their freedom, they orter be allowed to go jrhere they are a mind to." 1 "But, ses I, f am Statea won't have 'em at all, and ther cr )'t'ga' there. So what's to bei donr 7t " "aear Linkin. I tell you what it ia n almighty tuff subjeck. 1 know something about split-ti rails, and what hard work is generally, bat this questahia haapuxxlad ma.more. 4haa -ea ny thing I ever got hold of before.. ;fWaH," aays I, "Kernel, I caa explain the resin why. Says he, "Let's hear, you. Major." . -Wafl," says I, "Kernel, where, do 'jou jurry iyour poeket bookr Sea I, .'hold on, youTl "see. "Wall sea he, I ;alway carry it right there, In my left ! hani trowsers poeket. ' Ses I; "Didn't you ever have a hole in that pocket for a day or two, and have to put' your pocket book in sum other t " See he, "Major I have. Ses I what did you do with if thenr" "Wall," aes he, "I put it in my right hand poeket, but it ' kinder chafed -my ; leg, there; cause it warn't used to it, and it also felt mity onhandy.'; So I put it in my side coat pocket; but every time I stooped over' it ; would drop out.- vinen x put u in my coat tall pocket, but I' was kept all the time oa v the out were. afeerd sum pick pocket would steal it. At last, in order to make it safe, and sure, I put it : in the top of 'my hat, under sum papers, but the nai was top neavy, ana 0ver.1t went,- spiuiag everything. - I tell yon I was glad when int pocket was fixed, and I got it back in the old Spot ' - - - .'-: ' - "Now," aays I,n kernel, thafs jest the case with the niggers.' The minit Voo get 'em out of ther place,' you don't know what on arth todo with era. Now we've peeh here all the evenin sarchin over th mapto see ef we cah't find suhr place to put. emJ But it is lill' no manner? of : uee.if' You've got to-do ' wltlf em jest as you didwith ; your pocket-book; -Tut 'em whar they belong; n then you wotft have ao trubbn."- :;u V-;-- 1" ; '; ; -: 1 v Linken didnt see eggaxly how ? was gwin to apply the story, and wen he did, he looked kinder struck up. Wen I saw-1 that " I had made a hit ou him, I fbReredir up. See I, "Kernel; this govermnantJaiaotrtrf of brder, aa Seward and. Chase koatenxL v They are on ly trying to run it ths rong, way - -that's - what makes all the trubbit. TI once had a thrashin machine and I sold it to Jim Dambutter, after he got it, he'sed it warnt good -: for'BOthia that it wouldn't run, ie.V'-eo t -weor over-to see It,; an I . vow ef jbe-dida't have the machine all rong eend foremisf&J I went to- work at it; an after a Jeetle wile, it went" Off; luce ; grease, jest as sliclt as Mrhietl. c;Yoa see, ld Dun batter didn't onderstand' tbe; macbihc -' an; hTecie,, he? couldnH wiake it gr. - r?Now, veee li Kernel, Our Constitushia 1 a- Deromyeratic 'machine, abd its got to-be runrva!r DenimV'- you see. Sewardia-trving - to srtm'-it tn ehis higher law;princi pie, tmritrnVfimdeste that, an the consekence n. the thing lriJretry niga smasneu up, r ! 4 -tt 1 rA- Boldervi:r:zU3txttIiC3iiia t Hajor.Old, oCiarrpwiC itfgiment haa always 'heretofbrebeenpro1nVT inent putlican,' tuVnow .he; pudiatesthe party and acU with the DmoCTicy?rIIe''is a maofcliaracteT;'?Ll is only pne .araongi'tiousndaoft the rallant ated theab . .t.- .n ink. ling of tbveh&c-i cala cztziim'tf the "Voters in- the Army,, r mcs th" rtfassl to allow thecttoexercica the ri'Uifurra','e-i Weare aci-!:t-I - ; h lia and r gird hizx 3 a yery ttiz ' i : ! 5 1!? rzru ??-?3Vt 'i'.e- "m m .-"K "." -L A W t . . . . V . V . . v '-' Josuiix.TI, C . T ,.jr . j-i letter in wLi .'j I 3 c V t 3 C-rihtt"i "rltrrrrr ' ' :! Cou'Ji Car'" - t 1, c. - ; tlatt:.?-' - V-zlU-It-' - - '-.(the-Af.::-2 ' : - -:' crL'nient,, en . " ' ' r a tL i c .-a ' -o- toilers . c 13 . v r . c 13 is . jl-.. -... Z . . -nclcr t :--. f t':i c errjr-'y-ily. I' -'. rr.: t V; If tetter -frcoi .l:r .." Stras:Ive teea kind you last. The truth is, t swing is reelv rerr weal pen q me amy .woo cave reuai oution party .y.v;. V 'C: ' : : V The BhamT.Lef!i!all3' JcsLSA ; Coutmbm, Phio, May 14th, 18S2. -If I Diti Olb JrutDrr a T tailr n, . hand to rite you a jew hastv Unea. TheL- islater haa got dun with Ha ponderua labers. We dun s. mity site or good for the time we was at it. . ; Mi deer old feller.it is asthoaisbea what a ait of proelaverv cusses thare ia in the' State' About sixty thousand petitioned us to pass a law for to keep our deer cullered broth- en and eiqtera from cumin into; to this State, but our Kepubhcan friends, the members of tlie legislater, cum up manfully and recorded thare votes 'ferninst' sech a infamous law. The good time for which me and you and other sound Republicans have prayed and laber-ed and for, -.which our patron saint,. Jobs Bbowx. poured out his last life's droo-on the God accuseed eile of Virginny is fast approach- tav TUttUdrede and thousands or our cullered brntbra ahd sisters is rnxhia to the State of Ohio-toenioy the blessena the Republican par ty n&s so long: strove to gain lor em and: so freely, offered em. vThare is a grate menny rten dien off and gitten killed in the army and I am happy to 'say. that for every one lost in that war our popelashun will reseave at least three beiuved Africans, r. " We have drstricted: the State so that the lo-COfbcoe will cum up short oh Congressmen at the 'next election. -1 1 was very necessary to do this for if- we hadeat the locofocoa might , got a majority m Congress, and then tha wood stopped abolishen slavery, and levied no tax tor to buy slaves from masters what was wu- len to set em free. ; ; Besides doin that tha wood bring the war to a closed (tha are h 1 on fix-en up fusses.) and then all our rich army coo-tracts and government speculations would be rone forever. ' A locofoco Congress would ruin the prospects of our beiuved cullerd bru til ers, throw thousands of good Kepublicons out of . ones, and bring the country to peace by comrhitten the government .to tbe degraded n igger driven pol icy or. Wash ingtox, . J e r fk a-son, Madison, Monroi Jacksox, and them other .fellers. , That is what we will never sub mit to ; -this country must be all free or burst. '" The locofoco .members tried to get us on a hook by passen a Iaw.to allow- the'solgerS-to rote in camp the same as tha do in Fensilva nv. New JErsey, Illinois, Ac, but we beat em on this. , In the States I have named tbe sol- gers nearly all Voted the locofoco ticket, , and from what I can find out the solders frutn tLis State wood do the -same thing if tha : had a chance to vote. ; Mr. Sii ith, ;,Mr. Hiiw and "several other good. Republicans made glorious speeches alio wen the ragged .supers to vote, and for this tha shood be sent to Congress. . . Congress is doin the thing 1 up brown, and I beleaye Jhat if we ken secure a majority of jist sich men in the next Congress we ken keep op the war until every slave in - A meriky is free and all distinction on account of culler banished from our -country. . Oh, that the year ;of Jubilee ma quickly cum . when the whites and blacks will fondly embrace and kiss each other and lay down together head to tail and tail to head like a litter of piga. v - " " - - Farmers and other' peepel growl about Coo greet asseesen taxes to keep them, biggavern-ment ofScera, Tuy slaves and sieh like . .Well & man what will growl about that haint got no sense. " Why, if you git all the slaves free it wiU mak.;laberersao plenty v thai yoa lean hire em for ten cents a da instead, of. pay en cm from seventy-five cents to a dollar as you .now do- But' if thare was no gain in it every man what luva his fellers and is sound on the goose shood be willen to give all he'a got to- bind the devil and establish heaven u poo earth as thare will be when humans of various cullers associate together like the various cullered sheep, hogs, horses, cows, dogs, Ac. ; ' ; - Sum stingy cusses com plane about : payen taxes to, purchase onr . A frieen .brothers - and sisters, but en ny man what wood com plane at that haeent a proper reverence for his God to fttony alarmin 'extent. Beside. gitten our cul ierd brothers and sisters free it will uaik the slaveholders so mad that tha will keep on flten and we will have the fun of ehooten em. No ehristian will care' for the koet if we only git US JLMI tllC BVCCSUCrB. TT U&t II OUT DMO QUI git juuea, tna wooa nave to oie sum ume en- wood have to die sum time Show. , The taxes aint nuthen for the peepel i work a little harder and eat less and maik up the amount as eaey as ile.;- V';v,H in konlclushen, xeer Josh va, I wood advise you to -run for Congress. We must have the next Congress kom posed of a majority of sich substanehel and liberty-loven men as yourself. We ma- hav to drop the naim or Kepubiican and call our .party the Union party - or sum sich naim, but sv African ;lady smells aa sweet by one naim a she dux by another, ion kin taik a hint from this and govern yourself accordingly.?::1;' i'-v---.-- Yours Fsmer,--- v.V .- " . JosarsiAa Q. Sxith. -Holme Co. Farmer., . & - ' mmm "' Trom tbSt. PMd Miaa.) JnaL - 7 ThTongh what Political Organixation Shan fne Bcsstr&ction of ihl Got-ernggnt .to AttezxpteL-l r -" ;.At this time, when a healthy and solid pro gress has stamped itself upon the Democracy, it is little less than amusing to read arguments 4igatBM tta..ireorganixation.v - a he Xouisville mnwi--that traditional enemy of the Dem-ocraey catches an utterance of the Lrader. a;NeW; vrk jourival, claiming to.: be Demo- craticpon. the.absurdity" of tbe movement; quotes approvingly a. paragraph from the Buffalo C&tntfrwhicb1. says, jthat; jt holds . it is the duty,cNorthern men. to out down at tlie ballot box, the revolutionarv dtfuniottWs Rt home,''and although" seeing-tto gooil reason tor aoaaaoamg tue Jmocratie organisation, I ready to adopt any .others which may offer to accomplish the same purposes. - The for- Vades the Democratic ranks." 'Northern 'radi- 'calism- nruet be putjilown .-".Th e task is - om- bined inseparably .with the great workvof re- estaonsnm ine government.; --.- t . - ,;: .v Wnue the Democracy accepts this tribute TronY its antiquated enemyt it protests it perfect "agreement 'wuh - the Louisville 7etcma and Ba Qtlo Courier o unite with any . element with, the same objects. : jBut it,:protesta: .that there is nooccasion for seeking new names, or '.a: iaevr orgahizationi "feTlie f Dentocracj 7 is vZmay rganizedt-vlt is organised "in- and bv the distinct rincipleS'whicJi have always die-tinguishJ tipi it c& lieveri be -d.obanded even ahould a- dee pot" temporafHyrplaceiVhis raciroa taeoecK or xne,Dation., n baa a roarer in its name, which came not from, the 6p-J to popular radical.ara impnted to it by ila -c;;r.t c..-.'raiei;''tut from lu-idcutlrcatioo vr;:h; irvdi tjjzCci' t.'Ls--CiuilSi&m, -which it ! s rrrjentei ia all 13 els es of existence. rr.I i i T7"r"wt-t le -1 t'-tri i 7 . "el; lt is a t'a-ilc3 cf t a f ... L..t nc-lri . "Izit lhe"De"iiioC craey,- v, cr t' 1. v . - war 1 c 3 Uiit it 13 iraposoioie.to re-Ttr r J it"""? before the civ- - . iur.v- t.at -tVe an J tLat men must I.a rriri rcever to- II hl3 - It 't !. i . . 1 3 tc- : t t i i. :i:fr' e:v: i! v , , : 13 1: t same fere ver that ther fc-. and as they were before the first' hostile gu n was fired, v A strict adherence to the Constitution; the rights and equality of the States, and discriminations against none : these form the cornerstone and keystone pf. Democracy; i as applicable a the war, and after the war as hefon it ; and embrace adaptability to ev ery changiag circumstance off the uepubiie I A . party founded . but on - specific measnrea, : eemld and mujhX- Xo be .advised to .disband U That is the character of the party ' ia power; All such must be short-lived; time-serving and . - . . , , - - - T T pernicious, joni a party lounaea on principles,; which direct it as the North Star through every change of circumstances, and . are as ap-' plicable to measures embracing a century as those of but temporary use, can . never cease to exist till the rock on which its principles is founded is swept from the memory of man.-The rock of the Democracy! the Constitution,' as long as that ia not swept into oblivion., so long will the Democratic party live I "All who ueueve wua u. are esneuuai ty . uemvenu.- And while manv mav onlv recognise ita wis dom and agree to co-operate with it in refer enee to immediate measures, its permanent es- tabuebment ia the government of the country ia synonymous with the institutions on which it was established. " ' . ' . "" In the work which is immediately before us, we are ealledV toTarhigher eerork for -the maintenance of a mere party platform, a stern er and holier duty than a mere partisan suc cess. We contend for no mere party name. We seek no party spoil. : We ask no tribute to moreT party pride. But as combinations of men are indispensable for the achievement of the success of principles held in common, what is a necessity. The Democratic party . is ' already organised in every State Of the Union. Ita conservative principles are essentially, vitally .perpetually necessary to Union. It compacts and expresses the sentiments of . peace, reunion, prosperity and displays upon its banner its plan and power for their achievement.' It invites to its standard, all people who will labor with it, in truth and sincerity, to redeem this sorrow . stricken "and tax-be ridden land from the curse of sectionalism,- and the inglorious fate which a faction of madmen - would bring upon us ! . - .. . From the St. Louis Democrat. s A Talk with Seaoregard Iaterestingr Personal NarratiTe of the Battle of bixuon. m - . " " . LieuUT, II. Simmons, of the Illinois Fourteenth Regiment, relates to us the : following interesting incident which occurred on the battle field of Shiloh V ; -' . About 11 o'clock on' Sunday, the 6th off April, Anient, o. was wounded, ; being shot through the left lung: 'He was supposed to be in a dying condition, and 'was left on the field by hia companions. - About 5 O'clock" in the afternoon of that ever-memorable day, oar forces having been driven back from - their position, a Confederate officer of high rank, and his staff, came upon the ground- where Lieut. Simmons : UyCvThe. rebel r officer -obaerying him lying there,-not yet -dead, - and irom Eta uniform taking him. to be a federal officer,, approached him, when the -following- conversation ensued ; The rebel Officer asked Lieut. 8. how far it was to the Tennessee river. - Lieutenant S. being too weak from the loss of blood to speak loud, beckoned him toome cloeerj and in low tone replied, Two miles and a haiC -The Confederate officer shook his head doubtinglv. " Lient. 8. observed it, and said to him: " You seem to doubt' my word. But you see," he added, pointing to his. wound " that i am dying; and upon the word ofa dying man, to the best ofmyjudgment, ilisboo wtiUi and half to the-river' - The rebel officer turned to converse with his staffs and. ordered hia surgeon to give the Lieutenant, some" stimulants. The surgeon gave him some brandy aad morphine, which revived him considerably The conversation with his' staff, :which the Lieutenant-' overheard, " was about asfollows:- .. .-..T si ..---.-.: I'; Officer " It is now after 3 o'clock. ; It is two miles and a half to the river..- The dia-tance is greater than I expected, . but - we can drive Grant to so dose quarters yet to-oight, that his -capture or capitulation . will be an easy thing in the morning. The officer turned again to the Lieutenant, 'and asked him about Daeu lorces tneir number and position. Upon this subject, Lieut. S. was entirely ignorant, of eonrae. : The officer' then re marked to him, "it s . no matter how far it is to the river, we shall whip you anyhow, and force Gen. Grant to surrender to-night, T&r ear-lv to-morrow morning, and - then capture Bu-ell, if he makes his appearance on the field.' Lieut. S.replied, " Yoa are not so certain of that. You have got hard fighting to do be fore you capture our forces yet, and Northwestern freemen are not the craven dogs to li down after the first brush, and allow themselves to be taken. " No matter, said the officer "we' shall whip, yoa I Yerme wft fyhLT J Upon that subject, said the Lieutenant. 'you will probably be better informed before you get through k withto-morrow's fight, v Yon .surprised our men' 'this morning, and they - were thrown iato some coafusioa ; but eveif this day's work will show that " our men. will fuiht'' "Wet!" said the officer, " I admire your courage, and. wish siich men as you" were"' hot fighting "against the South. You cannot conquer the' South ; ' aud ain't you sorry-yotf engaged in the warf ' No, sir," said .- Lieutenant , S., and I would do it again." "Do your people all feel that way ?".r asked, the officer,' " Yes sir" replied the Lieutenant. - ,'T :" -' The officer ieaid Tiotnore,; but with a sad look mounted liis hoTse and rode off. ; One of the rebel officer's aids had dismounted to water hia horse in a creek close by, ..and Jbefore remounting came near , where the Lieutenant la,'who beckoned him to' come to ' him,' and asked him" "who that officer"' waa?The aid said ." that 1st. General Beauregard.:?.The Lieutenant, however, bad. recognized hin from his striking resemblance to photographs of the rebel General, . This interesting: incident,' the personal experience at the VbatUe of Shilohl of one of our intelligent and: patriotic neigh bora Of Illinois, and who ia new ia one-of the vhoe- pitala, ln taxrijrnMijviJ9eoerj r. , . . - -i- ... . snows now anxious me reoe roeB the evening, of -that ever :memorable Sunday, notwithstanding his success, to know; how mueh more he would Vbsve to do that nlbt. And hence his eager inquiries, "t How far as it to the river Tn -, "fWhera are Buella fore t"; i How many men has Baell ?' & 'c, JfotJ Withstanding the.' exhibition- vf the bragpirt asbetraved , in the", boast, A7e shall whip toir" Vonrmn wont f -St. i;ny one ca eee that the r;lv' C " ;r&l wti exceedlng- ly solicitous- in r , cohie of that d?"7er :-.:JAvt. ;"-:!! Ce!df.rfy;v- ' ' Candiy, Uie llae v. : ta.the prooawa out :lCf contested C-C V - 1 'trs tvt fc 17 rw"C lie mmm t 1 1 -cr-r i i 'wai'vosr:' o c or.-t cn n-t:i 4 ie o f "1 1 mvyrs- .11 a "miricle. I.e - - -' 'a o-e excejiioa trc&ted I, '. exception wss fTt n . -----, t--, c- , near tiHuE his cou-. i e:x. ..j t.i: mad kick, r"n-, "lets kill C ' d d Liacc'.i f ;a v ofab-ra'i TLis ij L.t . ..a exj crLsj-i I .n-dreds ofpersonaI T.-'2 r'.k! trr,i. .itl on thatiardfjr-Lt CcIJcf f'""'::r; if collected and jutlhed.iroulif nncrjaa . interesting cha pur of current Lrcry. learn that Lieu. Simraona vr.J c:t v Cr- tainly it ia the prayer of every lojrl Lcrti-itv-he should: for our country caa illy .r. rJ t&-r lose such; brave and noble hearted cefcIii." V Onr "GnatMtats ret"lxc T f.-c.i Trrt Umrlius, su&d LJy WanrcTos, lfay,17r-rThe folLii?2 waa,, , received at the War Department t j Wiluaksbpxo, llay 17. The gunboats. Galena, Monitor,ArooetpokNaagatuck aad-Port -Royal were repulsed r from Fort Darlingr seven miles below IlichmotMl yesterday. AT portion have; returned, to Jeestown Lsland, .: near this place. In James HiyeK v , " Seventeen of .those killed in the ec-r "isiK-.t have already been buried, and there ia a nu.ci ber of wounded on board the vessels, inclaH ingLieutenant Morris. ;r , .-.-t-t - .'-.- The 100-pound gun on the'NaugatBck .ex- ploJed at the first fire." -" ;v""'-,: fSim-,n - DAVID CAHPEHLL-r-i' ' By authority of Major Gen. UcClelixn, - . , 1 , FaiLanxLrHia, May 19.The.B-illei:- coa- ; tains the following additional iiewafrora Tor, tress Monroe ::V---- X i '' ftii - The repulse of tie ran boats is renerany re-' garded as a very serious affair. -On the h to gatuck 17 are reported killed by the exf Tcdoa' of theguni " The boat made- a -usele frht, and was withdrawn. 1 The Galena wt&a ridclsi with shot, and the losa ia ropposed to te bea- The Monitor was struck repeatedly, 1 -i ur Mill in ! AnlmnTHlJ Affairs are quiet at .&orfoiK; There tan-been : several attempts .lately- to-.assassinate., "-Union soldiers." Yesterday an'aSair occurred, , causing some uneasiness f 'Col.'Lrown, ofjtbe . 20th Indiana; stationed -at Por.UmouVl., . -f " ' out of town in the morning to take a ride ; eooof " . afterwards his horse came into town wounded without his rider. .It 13 feared the Col. is kul- ed or captured. vVV:' - .-a The gunboat fight with Fort Dorling lasted. ; four hours.. . The fort is situated on a tlafT rt. a sudden" turn of thejver, so-' that our bc.u . came upon it suddenly. 1The Moaiior went' within 40a Tarda, but could botr elevate her" , gtina snfficiently for effects The priadpx Zrs ; was directed at theualena. ,alie nomtor rr: j- hit three times, bat - was uniiyured. Ebs r- V" . shooters commanded the rifle-pits, wLicb, I. a the fort, commanded ine-riverr s 1 l e r. r - r r : c that roint is- .very -narrow, Ts--L 3 ' : across the. river, A formed of snckfn .. vc -: 'j,. among them the Jamestown and YorktownU and piles fastened witJi chns.; The river ia . open to within 8 tnflea Of Richmond.- ir.v - ," jrwrYox,-May 20--3.The . follow ing -wis - v written on board the Galena yesterday morn-' : iagt'--K-'.a-::? ?;'!; : "ffe ran up" to watch' the. -Bluff; when we' ' found thevn ver fall of sunken steamers; t' e '" Jamestown, Yorktown, and a no en ber of o!b-. irs7i The bank" was lined with rifle pita, and on the top of the bhrffthe rebel bad a heavy battery, mounting 10 guna, some of then inch, and three jorfour very, "heavy rifles We an. vithin half a mile of . the battery, choredand swuqg broadsides to them. ' Tbey V opened fire ; the first shot 'striking our port bow: and going through the armor.v About 1 five minutes after -we got another shot .very " near where the first. inn struckus; it came v through. -,frr"kuled one manV instantly,', and wounded four more. ' '5-'r- ' .' ' -'": ' '" 1 We fought them four hour entil w got out r Of ammunitiottvwtreTi'we'had to retire. We -1 got 8 shots in .our side and 17 on deck. .We . had twelve men killed, two dangerously wound- V : ed, who have since died, -and fifteen -slightly ' wounded., W made a gallant fight i but had we taken the battery we could not have held. it, and the obstruction in the river, prevented our going up any higher. Oce thing we havv demoDitrated the Galena cahoot stand heavy shot at a short ranges We fired 233 rounds, all that we had. ilad we had plenty of shells -. we could have silraced the rebels in two hours. V5":i-' .-:'' : He is AdTsacmg cn Littla Ecc!:. - ' Bxroiu. Couxt Htay The Utest'ad-ees from General Curtis are that his forcU le tween Learcy and Little Bock,-Arkansas, tr rapid! v marching on the Oapitalv Gov. - -He tor called en the xniXitivana the peoplef?--erally, to come out; Large "numbers .appiie 1 to General Curtis for protection. Tbey 6ts.:r to come unuer ae 01a ixag.- Here -was 'p --eral advance along our line,--toward1Conn:'. t and much skirmishing and several severe e gagementa. General Sherman's Division 1 forty-four men; killed; arid a connideralle r v - ber wounded, in -attacking Kusoeil's bou which the Rebels occupied for some time f M. W e have sncceejeil in tiprtjz riciT f.-i their position, and exiect an ' t'tck ujrd-r morning. y -" - ' t ' . . Among-the rebels left oh the&ron nd Kiicii with & sword, supposed to be an olcer. j , 5 Our forces aader- Major General, fherrr-still occupy the Russell Housed I--; " The 8th"Mis8ouri & been skirraisbir c about 300 yards from the enemy's bre"' - " Several rifleawer. captured in-.lh f'.l. on tha right, and are ; perfectly . newf- Breeze ic Frrraaa, Bremen, which r --superior to tne rifles used bytir ;.. , era,? having: ; range" of 'fronlvlW V vards whUa out are only- ee"il ve 1 lOOO. Li all eases, the reU l-.t ct ' '-were shot in the h ead, an d t h s , wou .-. . ia the neck and breast-V The nan! ' tlie JJ were about 43 kil! at 1.1 . . ed. r - .' -. - ' - ' Deserters' from Cori n t V all r c - - absence of Chloroform in t 1.. There is proUably none in the C V The weather ia Very w n 1 quite dusty;-; Z7 T- one 'TLe'roon V. twelve; br f - e-eT?cf"'' pel, t" ) v. as t... I. - - th - . ,v -